title: [A study on the methods for correcting the error in measurement of children blood pressure].
abstract: The blood pressures of a group of children was obtained with sphygmomanometer cuffs of varying widths. It was suggested that the cuff width can be effect for accuracy of blood pressure determination, then a correct formula of blood pressure determination using an inadequate cuffs was calculated. The efficacy and feasibility of the formula was tested in another two groups of children. The production of the formula made a possibility for practicing the proposal of American Heart Association in which the width of an adequate cuff was believed to be 40% of the circumference in middle arms. The formula was simple and convenient and should be used in childhood prophylactic medicine, healthy care especially in popularized measurement of children blood pressure and scientific cooperative investigation.
authors.affiliation: Gardiovascular Institute of Guizhou Province.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D012016:Reference Values